Ixomnthes.] xxix. line^. (J. D. Hooker.) 417 



nerves numerous, oblique ; petiole 4-| in. Peduncles shorter tlian the leaves. Flowers 

 J in. diam. Stamens 10. 



4. !• obovata, Jlook. f, ; leaves broadly obovate rounded at tie apex 

 sinuate-crenate narrowed into a slender petiole nerves nearly horizontal, 

 stamens 12 or more, capsule (unripe) I by ^ in. narrow ovoid. 



Eastekn Peninsola. ; Singapore, Lobb. 



A very distinct species, easily recognised by the broad flat obovate leaves, 2-4 by 

 1|-2J in., with nearly horizontal nerves, the tip is rounded and often emarginate, and 

 the margins have long very shallow crenatures. Pedwndes very slender, equalling or 

 exceeding the leaves ; cymes rather crowded. Flowers about the size of those of /. 

 icosandra. 



5. !• reticulata, Jack in Mai. Misc. n. No. 7, 51; leaves elliptic-oblong 

 obtuse quite entire scarcely narrowed into the slender petiole nerves arching 

 much reticulated on both surfaces, peduncles very stout, stamens 10, cap- 

 sule 1-li by I in. ovoid, valves grooved at the back. Chriffith Plant. 

 Cantor 11. Hypericinea macrocarpa. Wall. Cat. 4833. Gordouia decandra, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 573 ; Wall. Gat. 4408'. 



Eastekk Peninsula; Malacca, Maingay; Sincapoee, WaUich. — Distrib. Sumatra. 



Leaves 3-5 by JJ-2J in. ; petiole 1 in., very slender. Peduncles shorter than or 

 equalling the leaves. Hepals in fruit Jin. long, very thick. — Wallich's specimens hiive 

 a >horter, more turgid capsule than Maingay's, and more shining leaves, with a de- 

 cidedly recurved margin. This accords best with Jack's description of 1. reticulata, 

 though, as with /. icosandra, its identity cannot be satisfactorily ascertained. It 

 difi'ers in the leaves not having very thickened margins, and not being glaucous beneath. 

 It approaches'the J. chinensis, but the fruit is very much larger, and may be identified 

 tvith a Bomean species, of which, however, I have seen no fruit. 



Order XXX. MALPIGHIACEiB. (By J. D. Hooker.) 



Trees or shrubs, often climbing. Leaves (in the Indian genera) opposite, 

 quite entire; stipules small or 0. Inflorescence axillnTy or terminal; pedicek 

 articulate, usually 2-bracteolate. Flowers middling sized or small, white or 

 yellow, more rarely red yellow or blue, hermaphrodite, regular or irregular. 

 Calyx usually 5-partite ; segments imbricate or valvate, 1 or more (never all) 

 furnished with a large gland, rarely eglandular (A^ndopterys). Petals 5, 

 clawed or not, often fimbriate, imbricate. Bisk obscure. Stamens 10, 

 Lypogynousor subperigynous, equal or 1 or more much larger than the 

 others, filaments free or connate below, anthers 2-lobed. Ovary 3-celled'; 

 styles 1-3, straight or circinate, stigmas capitate or punctiform or lateral ; 

 ovules solitary in each cell, micropyle superior, raphe ventral. Fruit (in the 

 Asiatic genera) of one or more winged samaras. Seed exalbuminuus; embryo 

 straight or curved, radicle superior.— Disteib. A very large American Order, 

 scantily represented in Africa and still more so in Asia ; genera about 50, 

 species about 600. 



Styles 1 rarely 2. 



Calycine glands minute or 1- Tkistellateia. 



. Calycine gland 1, large, adnate to the pedicel ..... . . 2. Hiptaqe. 



Styles 3. 



Calycine glands 3. AspmorTEEYs. 



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